The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate at William C. Holman Correctional Facility. ADOC officials say that on the morning of October 18, correctional officers found 46-year-old…
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling against Selma's mayor. The state's highest court agreed with the Dallas County Circuit Court that the city council has the power to appoint…
One person is in custody following a homicide investigation in Prattville. Chief Mark Thompson says it happened just after 9:30AM on Cosby Court, just off Martin Luther King Drive. Police found one female victim dead on the scene. Authorities are…
Troy University's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter will remain suspended until the end of 2019. Dean of Student Affairs, Herb Reeves, made the announcement Thursday from his office inside the Student Center at Troy…
Patrick Stallworth walked into the Jefferson County Jail Thursday night at about 7. After Derick Irisha Brown was taken into custody last week, she was never given the option to post bond because of violating probation. https://twitter.com/ALNewsNetwork/status/1187562809372139523?s=20 Stallworth and Brown…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Another historically black college in Selma -- could be in danger of shutting down. Concordia College Alabama closed last year. Now Selma University could be in danger of closing.…
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr has announced formal charges in the kidnapping and murder of 3-year-old Kamille McKinney. 39-year-old Patrick Stallworth and 29-year-old Derick Irisha Brown were both charged Thursday with capital murder of a victim less than 14…
During Wednesday night's MPS school board meeting, MPS approved the purchase of the old Holy Cross Episcopal School of Montgomery campus for $1.5 million. Superintendent, Dr. Ann Moore, made the recommendation. It was a 5-1 vote (School Board President Clare…
MPD charged Philip Johnson, 25, with second-degree robbery in reference to a robbery of a business that occurred on Oct. 23 at about 6:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Atlanta Highway. During the commission of a theft, a store…
Alabama Department of Corrections announces more than 300 law enforcement officials began a major search of Bullock County Correctional Facility on Thursday morning. The predawn operation began at 4:00 a.m. and is recovering an assortment of makeshift weapons, contraband cell…
The United States Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force is searching for fugitive Austin Hall. He is wanted for Escape from a State Correctional Facility in Wilcox County. While incarcerated at the Camden Work Release, Hall escaped from the facility. He was…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Judson College hosted an symposium on campus Wednesday -- to celebrate the contribution it's alumnae have made to literature. The event featured the works and accomplishments of…
It's been more than 2 years since the Montgomery Co. District Attorney's office debuted an anti-bully text-line; a number students can use to report bullying and get help. It was announced one week…
House lawmakers have passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. It's called the "Pact Act," and it specifically bans crushing, burning, drowning and impaling animals, among other things. It would also allow officials to go after suspected…
Law enforcements agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigation and Intelligence Division are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton on Thursday. Around 5:21 p.m., inmate, William Stanley Warren, 52, of Guntersville, was pronounced…
Joe Biden is hammering President Donald Trump's treatment of the middle class while campaigning in his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, hours ahead of the president's own rally in Pittsburgh. The former vice president on Wednesday cast the billionaire president…
President Donald Trump's claim that the impeachment inquiry is a lynching has struck a painful chord for black people whose relatives died in racist lynchings. Ohio resident Malinda Edwards says Trump is ignorant, insensitive or racist. The Ku Klux Klan…
Since 1917, Brantwood Children’s Home has been providing a safe, stable, structured environment for abused, neglected and other “at-risk” children. On Thursday, October 24, you can help too by watching Alabama News Network from…
UPDATE: Aaron Gess was arrested in Louisiana by the Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service. He is currently awaiting extradition to Alabama. Aaron Flynn Gess was initally considered person of interest in an active homicide investigation that occurred on…
Many are showing support for the Equality Volunteer Firefighter killed in Coosa County last Friday. 45-year-old Michael Johnston was driving a fire tanker truck while responding to a call for service. Johnston was killed…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- There's been little to no sign of progress -- on an effort to rename a Selma park in honor of the city's first black mayor.…
The Selma City Council voted unanimously to name Interim Chief Christopher Graham as new Selma Fire Chief. Graham's resume' includes 24 years of service in the Selma Fire Department. He has served…
Jacksonville State University's president has been fired. According to reports the school's attorney, Sam Monk, confirms John…
State officials toured a state prison that the corrections commissioner say illustrates the state's problem with aging facilities. It also shows the state's ongoing problems with understaffing. The Governor's Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy on Tuesday toured Holman Correctional…
The Alabama Forestry Commission says State Forester Rick Oates lifted the Fire Alert for all 67 counties in Alabama. It was issued in late September. Thanks to scattered rainfall over most of the state during the past week, much needed…
